ItemCommand not firing on first click in Repeater or GridView

Question

This has been driving me crazy for 2 days now - hope someone has seen this before.

I have this issue where the first click of a control within a repeater or grid view fa

Answer 1

I figured it out, but I don't understand why.
The original code was:

Me.rpAgreementContractors.DataSource = dtContractors
Me.rpAgreementContractors.DataBind()
Me.tblAgreementContractors.Visible = True
Me.phDataPane.Controls.Add(Me.tblAgreementContractors)

I changed it to make the table visible and add it to the placeholder before I set the datasource and bound it. Problem solved.

Me.tblAgreementContractors.Visible = True
Me.phDataPane.Controls.Add(Me.tblAgreementContractors)
Me.rpAgreementContractors.DataSource = dtContractors
Me.rpAgreementContractors.DataBind()